I agree. I mainly dislike wearing glasses when it's raining or if I begin to sweat. I clean my glasses nearly every day and it's a pain. But at the end of the day I know that I can see - with my glasses.
Sure, eye surgery can solve these problems and it's not very likely that the surgery will "backfire". But that just is not a risk I would like to take with my eyesight.
Very true. I've noticed as well by the afternoon I'm not really thinking about typing it - my fingers have learned the new password.
But, I will add, my rules are to change passwords in the morning (if possible) and never change a password on a Friday (unless you absolutely have to) because it's easier to forget by Monday.
Now I'm getting a little OT but I dislike the Energizer Bunny commercials and thought of a cool commercial. We could see the Energizer Bunny marching down Death Row. They strap him into the electric chair powered by a big Duracell battery and zap him to death.:-)
Several of us in I.T. had to take our turns being on-call (which was basically an after hours help desk). Needless to say when our turn was up we were ready to put the other person on-call. Whenever someone called after hours they would leave a voice message and it would page the on call person.
In order to change the pager number normally we would have to have the next person's pager number handy then dial in the automated attendent and press a long series of menu options on our phone to change this.
Obviously being on call sucked bad enough but every time you switched with someone (or they were covering for you) it would take about 5 minutes of screwing with the phone to put the next person's pager number in the system. It was problematic and you would get into trouble if you did a typo and the next person didn't receive notices that someone needed the help desk.
So, I had the bright idea to somewhat automate the system using an old PC, Pro Com (with macro) and a modem.
A co-worker and I set up a menu with the ProCom software to automatically dial the correct sequence of numbers for the automated attendent (with just enough pause between each option). We utilized ProCom macros and Hayes commands to make taking ourselves off call much quicker and easier.
You've obviously never met my mom and all of her "online friends". There is a large (and probably growing) number of people that can barely use a computer and for them portals are important/everything.
Okay, I realize you are being funny but your comment made me think of something that, although slightly humorous could actually have a ring of truth to it.
Wal-Mart took the middle-man (distributors) out of the equation by having their own distribution centers. So, perhaps, now the middle-men are the manufacturers so Wal-Mart begins to just sell parts in order to cut manufacturers out of the equation.
Let's just hope it doesn't start including microwaves as you mentioned.
Instead of taxing games to pay for schools, how about the schools just sell games instead of candybars, magazines, coupon books, etc. It's mainly the kids' families that buy that stuff anyway.
I dunno. I worked for a company before that made me get executive approval several rungs up the latter just to take a college course in my free time that was semi-career related.
I could certainly see a big company such as MicroSoft outlawing iPods and then using the excuse that it's to protect IP since the iPod could be used to steal information. Not to mention extreme peer pressure trickling down from Ballmer regarding iPod or Google use at all.
I have no experience with this although I do remember one of the news shows (20/20 perhaps) running a story on this happening. I'd recommend doing some homework before selecting a moving company.
Like a travel guide to a place that never existed? Sounds like my favorite strategy guide of all-time.
"Sid Meier's Civilization or Rome on 640k a Day"
That guide broke down the math to all units, improvements, wonders, governments, etc. AND did it in an entertaining way.
I just meant that politically there would be a lot less beaurocrats to convince that using Linux actually made sense. And we are hearing about it after the fact, not before the fact like we would if NYC was contiplating the same massive changes.
Interesting point. I was thinking that it was happening in a smaller town due to political reasons. Although I'm sure those are just two of the many reasons it's happening in a smaller town. Financial reasons would be my guess for the third reason.
XP Home is no fraud. I use it on my Windows machine and I'm sure Grandma or anyone else that only needs internet browsing, emailing, and an occasional CD or DVD burn would need nothing more than Home from M$.
I wish I had mod points. You bring up a great point - typing games. My nephew has been around electronics and computers since he could poke them with his fingers. Now that he's going on 14 he is fairly adept at most technology in general and although he can "type" fine it's some screwy method that he taught himself when he was probably 7 years old.
Of all the things he should have been taught regarding technology I would rank typing way up there.
I agree, that would be a very important question to ask. I actually worked in an IT department where a few of the employees didn't even have a PC. The help desk guy had an old 386 with Windows 3.11 on it and this was around 2000.
I couldn't hardly believe it since (and I will show my age) when I originally applied to work for this employer in 1995 as a part-time, night, weekend computer operator they did ask me several questions, but I specifically remember two of the questions that I was asked. One was what kind of PC that I had. I would say that this is the precursor to the "home network" question since not as many people had networks at home in '95. I described to them my old 486 that I had bought bare-bones and added HDD, CD-ROM, sound card, RAM, etc to over the years. I also explained that I was saving up for a new Pentium as well.
The other question I was asked was if I had heard any good jokes lately. Then they wanted to hear it. That was a good indication that the department had a good sense of humor and that I would fit in.
BTW if somoene works in an IT department and does not own a PC then they should not be working there. Oh, and using your kid's PC to check your mail does not count.
At the company I used to work for there is no way any IT managers would mention Linux to their peers and no way that we would ever get any budget money for anything "Linux". But, as old servers were replaced or other PCs became available our department slowly started creating small, useful web apps, MySQL databases, etc. Eventually these apps made their usefulness expand beyond the IT department into the other departments.
As these users (managers, etc.) began to see the usefulness and robustness of these solutions eventually they learned that they were low cost, very stable and flexible solutions that helped the corporation. Oh, and BTW they eventually learned that they were Linux servers. They immediately gained respect.
If Verizon or anyone else thinks that Google is enjoying a free lunch with nothing but cheap servers then I recommend they set up a few cheap servers and enjoy the lunch, too. But, we all know it doesn't work like that. Google is in an entirely different business than Verizon.
Verizon just wants to horn in and steal Google's lunch.
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I agree. I mainly dislike wearing glasses when it's raining or if I begin to sweat. I clean my glasses nearly every day and it's a pain. But at the end of the day I know that I can see - with my glasses.
Sure, eye surgery can solve these problems and it's not very likely that the surgery will "backfire". But that just is not a risk I would like to take with my eyesight.
Perhaps instead of linking to online casinos bloggers, etc. in Washington state can just link to the Google search of online casinos. http://www.google.com/search?q=online+gambling :-)
Computers were affordable well before 1995.
Very true. I've noticed as well by the afternoon I'm not really thinking about typing it - my fingers have learned the new password.
But, I will add, my rules are to change passwords in the morning (if possible) and never change a password on a Friday (unless you absolutely have to) because it's easier to forget by Monday.
Now I'm getting a little OT but I dislike the Energizer Bunny commercials and thought of a cool commercial. We could see the Energizer Bunny marching down Death Row. They strap him into the electric chair powered by a big Duracell battery and zap him to death. :-)
True, but it seems as though a lot of /.ers like to root for the underdog as well.
No shit. That's like reading an article for a Chevy concept car then mentioning that Ford has Mustangs available at dealerships today.
Several of us in I.T. had to take our turns being on-call (which was basically an after hours help desk). Needless to say when our turn was up we were ready to put the other person on-call. Whenever someone called after hours they would leave a voice message and it would page the on call person.
In order to change the pager number normally we would have to have the next person's pager number handy then dial in the automated attendent and press a long series of menu options on our phone to change this.
Obviously being on call sucked bad enough but every time you switched with someone (or they were covering for you) it would take about 5 minutes of screwing with the phone to put the next person's pager number in the system. It was problematic and you would get into trouble if you did a typo and the next person didn't receive notices that someone needed the help desk.
So, I had the bright idea to somewhat automate the system using an old PC, Pro Com (with macro) and a modem.
A co-worker and I set up a menu with the ProCom software to automatically dial the correct sequence of numbers for the automated attendent (with just enough pause between each option). We utilized ProCom macros and Hayes commands to make taking ourselves off call much quicker and easier.
You've obviously never met my mom and all of her "online friends". There is a large (and probably growing) number of people that can barely use a computer and for them portals are important/everything.
...Reality Television Show.
Okay, I realize you are being funny but your comment made me think of something that, although slightly humorous could actually have a ring of truth to it.
Wal-Mart took the middle-man (distributors) out of the equation by having their own distribution centers. So, perhaps, now the middle-men are the manufacturers so Wal-Mart begins to just sell parts in order to cut manufacturers out of the equation.
Let's just hope it doesn't start including microwaves as you mentioned.
Instead of taxing games to pay for schools, how about the schools just sell games instead of candybars, magazines, coupon books, etc. It's mainly the kids' families that buy that stuff anyway.
BTW, I say we should tax campaign contributions.
You forgot to lay everyone off while outsourcing to China. You can have it good for a couple of more years in the middle there somewhere.
Revenues will quadruple while margins are slashed. Good luck. It will be great in the short term.
I dunno. I worked for a company before that made me get executive approval several rungs up the latter just to take a college course in my free time that was semi-career related. I could certainly see a big company such as MicroSoft outlawing iPods and then using the excuse that it's to protect IP since the iPod could be used to steal information. Not to mention extreme peer pressure trickling down from Ballmer regarding iPod or Google use at all.
I have no experience with this although I do remember one of the news shows (20/20 perhaps) running a story on this happening. I'd recommend doing some homework before selecting a moving company.
Like a travel guide to a place that never existed? Sounds like my favorite strategy guide of all-time.
"Sid Meier's Civilization or Rome on 640k a Day"
That guide broke down the math to all units, improvements, wonders, governments, etc. AND did it in an entertaining way.
I just meant that politically there would be a lot less beaurocrats to convince that using Linux actually made sense. And we are hearing about it after the fact, not before the fact like we would if NYC was contiplating the same massive changes.
Interesting point. I was thinking that it was happening in a smaller town due to political reasons. Although I'm sure those are just two of the many reasons it's happening in a smaller town. Financial reasons would be my guess for the third reason.
XP Home is no fraud. I use it on my Windows machine and I'm sure Grandma or anyone else that only needs internet browsing, emailing, and an occasional CD or DVD burn would need nothing more than Home from M$.
I wish I had mod points. You bring up a great point - typing games. My nephew has been around electronics and computers since he could poke them with his fingers. Now that he's going on 14 he is fairly adept at most technology in general and although he can "type" fine it's some screwy method that he taught himself when he was probably 7 years old.
Of all the things he should have been taught regarding technology I would rank typing way up there.
I agree, that would be a very important question to ask. I actually worked in an IT department where a few of the employees didn't even have a PC. The help desk guy had an old 386 with Windows 3.11 on it and this was around 2000.
I couldn't hardly believe it since (and I will show my age) when I originally applied to work for this employer in 1995 as a part-time, night, weekend computer operator they did ask me several questions, but I specifically remember two of the questions that I was asked. One was what kind of PC that I had. I would say that this is the precursor to the "home network" question since not as many people had networks at home in '95. I described to them my old 486 that I had bought bare-bones and added HDD, CD-ROM, sound card, RAM, etc to over the years. I also explained that I was saving up for a new Pentium as well.
The other question I was asked was if I had heard any good jokes lately. Then they wanted to hear it. That was a good indication that the department had a good sense of humor and that I would fit in.
BTW if somoene works in an IT department and does not own a PC then they should not be working there. Oh, and using your kid's PC to check your mail does not count.
At the company I used to work for there is no way any IT managers would mention Linux to their peers and no way that we would ever get any budget money for anything "Linux". But, as old servers were replaced or other PCs became available our department slowly started creating small, useful web apps, MySQL databases, etc. Eventually these apps made their usefulness expand beyond the IT department into the other departments.
As these users (managers, etc.) began to see the usefulness and robustness of these solutions eventually they learned that they were low cost, very stable and flexible solutions that helped the corporation. Oh, and BTW they eventually learned that they were Linux servers. They immediately gained respect.
I'd suggest sticking with golf if you plan to go into management.
If Verizon or anyone else thinks that Google is enjoying a free lunch with nothing but cheap servers then I recommend they set up a few cheap servers and enjoy the lunch, too. But, we all know it doesn't work like that. Google is in an entirely different business than Verizon.
Verizon just wants to horn in and steal Google's lunch.